Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
Not a seasonal killifish. Is difficult to maintain in aquarium (Ref. 27139).
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Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27139&speccode=12252
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Distribution
Western Atlantic: USA.
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Morin, R.P. and K.W. Able 1983 Patterns of geographic variation in the egg morphology of the fundulid fish, Fundulus heteroclitus. Copeia 1983(3):726-740. (Ref. 35624)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=35624&speccode=49844
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
15.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 27139))
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Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27139&speccode=12252
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Type Information
Type for Fundulus vinctus
Catalog Number: USNM 30973
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Xantus
Locality: St. Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
Catalog Number: USNM 30973
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): J. Xantus
Locality: St. Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America
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Ecology
Habitat
Conservation
Threats
Not Evaluated
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
aquarium: commercial
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Huber, J.H. 1996 Killi-Data 1996. Updated checklist of taxonomic names, collecting localities and bibliographic references of oviparous Cyprinodont fishes (Atherinomorpha, Pisces). Société Française d'Ichtyologie, Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France, 399 p. (Ref. 27139)
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=27139&speccode=12252
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